Dusan Rajovic firma l'acuto e costringe Simion ad accontentasi del secondo posto. Il giovane serbo della Adria Mobil, classe 1997, ha vinto la quarta tappa della CRO Race imponendosi sul traguardo di Gorski Kotar. Nel tortuoso finale cittadino, con diversi corridori tra cui Grosu che sono scivolati affrontando le molte curve ad angolo retto, Rajovic ha preceduto come detto il veneto Simion della Bardiani Csf, Haussler della Bahrain Merida e Paterski della Wibatech quarto. A 4 secondi Edmondson ha regolato il resto del gruppo.

In classifica generale resta al comando il kazako Gidich alla vigilia della tappa regina della corsa.

Simion ha gestito l’insidioso circuito cittadino con grande abilità. Dopo che la fuga, che comprendeva Mirco Maestri, è stata ripresa a 9 km dal traguardo, Simion si è mantenuto sempre nelle prime posizioni, tra strade tortuose e restringimenti. A 1.5 km dalla fine si è portato su un drappello di attaccanti e, da lì, non ha più mollato la testa. “Il percorso non dava spazio a grandi rimonte, con i suoi rettilinei corti e le curve strette. Quando ho visto l’attacco e nessuna reazione decisa da parte del gruppo, non ho esitato. Dovevo correre il rischio e, alla fine, la mossa si è rivelata giusta” afferma Simion.

Nell’ultimo km, infatti, una serie di cadute ha frazionato la testa del gruppo. “Essere davanti è servito, peccato solo essere rimasto troppo presto con il vento in faccia. Alla fine potevo solo tirare dritto, affrontare le curve al massimo e sperare che nessuno riuscisse a passarmi. Purtroppo Rajovic è riuscito a tenere la mia ruota e, a pochi metri dal traguardo, uscirne vincitore. Peccato, poteva essere veramente una bella impresa”.

ORDINE D'ARRIVO

1 Dušan Rajovic (Srb) Adria Mobil 3:30:24
2 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:00:00
3 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain Merida 0:00:00
4 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Wibatech Merx 0:00:00
5 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:04
6 Josip Rumac (Cro) Androni Giocattoli Sidermec 0:00:04
7 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:04
8 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Vital Concept - B&B Hotels 0:00:04
9 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:04
10 Andi Bajc (Slo) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:00:04
11 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:04
12 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:04
13 Serge Pauwels (Bel) CCC Team 0:00:04
14 Felix Alejandro Baron Castillo (Col) Team Illuminate 0:00:04
15 Michel Aschenbrenner (GER) P&S Metalltechnik 0:00:04
16 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:04
17 Georg Zimmermann (GER) CCC Team 0:00:04
18 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence 0:00:04
19 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:04
20 Matthieu Jeannès (Fra) Team Illuminate 0:00:04
21 Alexis Guerin (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence 0:00:04
22 Stef Krul (Ned) Metec - TKH Continental Cyclingteam p/b Mantel 0:00:04
23 Sjoerd Bax (Ned) Metec - TKH Continental Cyclingteam p/b Mantel 0:00:04
24 Victor De La Parte (Esp) CCC Team 0:00:04
25 Benjamin Hill (Aus) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:00:04
26 Nathan Earle (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:04
27 Stephan Rabitsch (AUT) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:00:11
28 Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Team Illuminate 0:00:11
29 Dominik Röber (GER) P&S Metalltechnik 0:00:13
30 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil 0:00:13
31 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:13
32 Ruben Plaza (Esp) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:13
33 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain Merida 0:00:17
34 Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) Team Illuminate 0:00:17
35 Felix Engelhardt (GER) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:00:17
36 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Vital Concept - B&B Hotels 0:00:17
37 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain Merida 0:00:17
38 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:00:17
39 Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Israel Cycling Academy 0:00:17
40 Žiga Rucigaj (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:00:19
41 Kevin Rivera Serrano (CRc) Androni Giocattoli Sidermec 0:00:19
42 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:00:19
43 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:00:19
44 Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli Sidermec 0:00:04
45 Dylan Bouwmans (Ned) Metec - TKH Continental Cyclingteam p/b Mantel 0:00:22
46 Rok Korošec (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:00:23
47 Anatolii Budiak (Ukr) Wibatech Merx 0:00:04
48 Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rou) Delko Marseille Provence 0:00:04
49 Timon Loderer (GER) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang 0:00:43
50 Matic Grošelj (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:00:43
51 Bartosz Warchol (Pol) Wibatech Merx 0:00:43
52 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Vital Concept - B&B Hotels 0:00:04
53 Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Metec - TKH Continental Cyclingteam p/b Mantel 0:00:04
54 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team 0:00:58
55 Marceli Boguslawski (Pol) Wibatech Merx 0:00:58
56 Patrick Gamper (AUT) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:00:58
57 John Mandrysch (GER) P&S Metalltechnik 0:00:58
58 Timothy Guy (Aus) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:00:58
59 Danny Van Der Tuuk (Ned) Metec - TKH Continental Cyclingteam p/b Mantel 0:00:58
60 Michael Bresciani (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:00:58
61 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:00:58
62 Lars Van Den Berg (Ned) Metec - TKH Continental Cyclingteam p/b Mantel 0:01:04
63 Gašper Katrašnik (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:01:04
64 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Merida 0:01:04
65 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) Vital Concept - B&B Hotels 0:01:07
66 Aljaž Prah (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:01:26
67 Patrick Müller (SUI) Vital Concept - B&B Hotels 0:02:30
68 Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept - B&B Hotels 0:02:30
69 Claudio Longhitano (Ita) Team Illuminate 0:02:30
70 Jonas Sonnleitner (GER) P&S Metalltechnik 0:02:30
71 Tobias Nolde (GER) P&S Metalltechnik 0:02:30
72 Florian Kierner (AUT) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:02:30
73 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) Vital Concept - B&B Hotels 0:02:30
74 Kacper Kistowski (Pol) Wibatech Merx 0:02:30
75 Michal Podlaski (Pol) Wibatech Merx 0:02:30
76 Aljaž Omrzel (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:02:30
77 David Per (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:02:30
78 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 0:02:30
79 Daniel Eichinger (AUT) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang 0:02:30
80 Markus Wildauer (AUT) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:02:30
81 Marco Maronese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:30
82 Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:02:30
83 Florian Gamper (AUT) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:02:30
84 Javier Moreno Bazan (Esp) Delko Marseille Provence 0:02:30
85 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence 0:02:30
86 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain Merida 0:02:42
87 Matthias Krizek (AUT) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:03:05
88 Samuele Rivi (Ita) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:03:05
89 Barnabás Peák (Hun) Mitchelton - Scott 0:03:19
90 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Esp) Delko Marseille Provence 0:03:19
91 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:03:21
92 Daniel Lehner (AUT) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:03:21
93 Andreas Hofer (AUT) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang 0:03:21
94 Jonas Rapp (GER) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang 0:03:21
95 Jonathan Dinkler (GER) P&S Metalltechnik 0:03:21
96 Dominik Hrinkow (AUT) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang 0:03:24
97 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:06:20
98 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:06:20
99 Marco Friedrich (AUT) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:06:20
100 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:06:20
101 James Fouche (NZl) Mitchelton - Scott 0:06:20
102 Robert Jägeler (GER) P&S Metalltechnik 0:06:20
103 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) CCC Team 0:07:24
104 Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) CCC Team 0:07:24
105 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton - Scott 0:07:40

CLASSIFICA GENERALE

1 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 13:54:44
2 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:06
3 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Wibatech Merx 0:00:12
4 Alexis Guerin (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence 0:00:14
5 Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:15
6 Andi Bajc (Slo) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:00:16
7 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:16
8 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Vital Concept - B&B Hotels 0:00:16
9 Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli Sidermec 0:00:16
10 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:16
11 Brent Bookwalter (USA) Mitchelton - Scott 0:00:16
12 Sjoerd Bax (Ned) Metec - TKH Continental Cyclingteam p/b Mantel 0:00:16
13 Victor De La Parte (Esp) CCC Team 0:00:16
14 Georg Zimmermann (GER) CCC Team 0:00:16
15 Serge Pauwels (Bel) CCC Team 0:00:16
16 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain Merida 0:00:20
17 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain Merida 0:00:23
18 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil 0:00:25
19 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Vital Concept - B&B Hotels 0:00:36
20 Stef Krul (Ned) Metec - TKH Continental Cyclingteam p/b Mantel 0:00:38
21 Matthieu Jeannès (Fra) Team Illuminate 0:00:38
22 Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:47
23 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence 0:00:49
24 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain Merida 0:00:51
25 Stephan Rabitsch (AUT) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:00:53
26 Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Team Illuminate 0:00:56
27 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team 0:01:10
28 Dominik Röber (GER) P&S Metalltechnik 0:01:20
29 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Vital Concept - B&B Hotels 0:01:24
30 Anatolii Budiak (Ukr) Wibatech Merx 0:01:33
31 Jorge Camilo Castiblanco Cubides (Col) Team Illuminate 0:01:46
32 Felix Engelhardt (GER) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:01:46
33 Bartosz Warchol (Pol) Wibatech Merx 0:01:50
34 Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rou) Delko Marseille Provence 0:02:05
35 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:14
36 Rok Korošec (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:02:47
37 Dylan Bouwmans (Ned) Metec - TKH Continental Cyclingteam p/b Mantel 0:02:52
38 Michel Aschenbrenner (GER) P&S Metalltechnik 0:02:54
39 Timon Loderer (GER) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang 0:03:03
40 John Mandrysch (GER) P&S Metalltechnik 0:03:13
41 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Merida 0:03:37
42 Matic Grošelj (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:03:40
43 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:04:09
44 Marceli Boguslawski (Pol) Wibatech Merx 0:04:13
45 Danny Van Der Tuuk (Ned) Metec - TKH Continental Cyclingteam p/b Mantel 0:04:13
46 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:04:17
47 Žiga Rucigaj (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:04:19
48 Benjamin Hill (Aus) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:04:46
49 Matthias Krizek (AUT) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:05:25
50 Maxime Chevalier (Fra) Vital Concept - B&B Hotels 0:05:25
51 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence 0:05:26
52 Arvid De Kleijn (Ned) Metec - TKH Continental Cyclingteam p/b Mantel 0:05:27
53 Markus Wildauer (AUT) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:05:33
54 Javier Moreno Bazan (Esp) Delko Marseille Provence 0:05:45
55 Lars Van Den Berg (Ned) Metec - TKH Continental Cyclingteam p/b Mantel 0:05:49
56 Michal Podlaski (Pol) Wibatech Merx 0:05:50
57 Michael Bresciani (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:06:16
58 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Esp) Delko Marseille Provence 0:06:17
59 Felix Alejandro Baron Castillo (Col) Team Illuminate 0:07:04
60 Aljaž Prah (Slo) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:07:11
61 Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton - Scott 0:07:19
62 Ruben Plaza (Esp) Israel Cycling Academy 0:07:38
63 Matteo Badilatti (SUI) Israel Cycling Academy 0:07:42
64 Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept - B&B Hotels 0:07:48
65 Marco Maronese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:07:48
66 David Per (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:08:12
67 Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:08:19
68 Kacper Kistowski (Pol) Wibatech Merx 0:08:20
69 Daniel Eichinger (AUT) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang 0:08:24
70 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain Merida 0:08:41
71 Barnabás Peák (Hun) Mitchelton - Scott 0:09:32
72 Patrick Müller (SUI) Vital Concept - B&B Hotels 0:09:38
73 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:09:39
74 Tobias Nolde (GER) P&S Metalltechnik 0:09:41
75 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) Vital Concept - B&B Hotels 0:09:42
76 Aljaž Omrzel (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:09:44
77 Timothy Guy (Aus) Ljubljana Gusto Santic 0:10:08
78 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:10:20
79 Nathan Earle (Aus) Israel Cycling Academy 0:11:03
80 Patrick Gamper (AUT) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:11:52
81 Alexander Cataford (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 0:11:52
82 Josip Rumac (Cro) Androni Giocattoli Sidermec 0:11:58
83 Yuriy Natarov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:12:02
84 Daniel Lehner (AUT) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:12:03
85 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:12:05
86 Dominik Hrinkow (AUT) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang 0:12:27
87 Dušan Rajovic (Srb) Adria Mobil 0:14:33
88 Robert Jägeler (GER) P&S Metalltechnik 0:14:40
89 Florian Kierner (AUT) Team Felbermayr Simplon Wels 0:14:42
90 Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:14:56
91 Marco Friedrich (AUT) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:15:04
92 Gašper Katrašnik (Slo) Adria Mobil 0:15:53
93 Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) CCC Team 0:16:21
94 Florian Gamper (AUT) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:16:26
95 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) CCC Team 0:16:53
96 Samuele Rivi (Ita) Tirol KTM Cycling Team 0:16:57
97 Jonas Sonnleitner (GER) P&S Metalltechnik 0:17:06
98 Jonathan Dinkler (GER) P&S Metalltechnik 0:17:41
99 James Fouche (NZl) Mitchelton - Scott 0:18:11
100 Andreas Hofer (AUT) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang 0:24:39
101 Claudio Longhitano (Ita) Team Illuminate 0:24:49
102 Jonas Rapp (GER) Hrinkow Advarics Cycleang 0:28:28
103 Kevin Rivera Serrano (CRc) Androni Giocattoli Sidermec 0:29:37
104 Alessandro Pessot (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:31:00
105 Sam Bewley (NZl) Mitchelton - Scott 0:32:44